--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git branch display tests'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'make commits' '
+ echo content >file &&
+ git add file &&
+ git commit -m one &&
+ echo content >>file &&
+ git commit -a -m two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'make branches' '
+ git branch branch-one
+ git branch branch-two HEAD^
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'make remote branches' '
+ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/branch-one branch-one
+ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/branch-two branch-two
+ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/branch-one
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+ branch-one
+ branch-two
+* master
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'git branch shows local branches' '
+ git branch >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+ origin/HEAD -> origin/branch-one
+ origin/branch-one
+ origin/branch-two
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'git branch -r shows remote branches' '
+ git branch -r >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+ branch-one
+ branch-two
+* master
+ remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/branch-one
+ remotes/origin/branch-one
+ remotes/origin/branch-two
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'git branch -a shows local and remote branches' '
+ git branch -a >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+two
+one
+two
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'git branch -v shows branch summaries' '
+ git branch -v >tmp &&
+ awk "{print \$NF}" <tmp >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+* (no branch)
+ branch-one
+ branch-two
+ master
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'git branch shows detached HEAD properly' '
+ git checkout HEAD^0 &&
+ git branch >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done